# Drain or no Drain After Thyroid Surgery: a Randomized Clinical Trial at Mulago Hospital

> **NCT01729741** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Makerere University** · enrollment: 68 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Hospital Admission Duration
- Postoperative Hematoma Formation
- Wound Sepsis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** drain was inserted after thyroid surgery

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01729741
- **Lead sponsor:** Makerere University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2010-12
- **Primary completion:** 2011-04
- **Final completion:** 2011-04
- **Target enrollment:** 68 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2012-11-20

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01729741

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01729741, "Drain or no Drain After Thyroid Surgery: a Randomized Clinical Trial at Mulago Hospital". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01729741. Licensed CC0.

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